The Wednesday Word is a weekly gift of the Gospel and also encourages a new weekly 'offline' Family Time Together where families are encouraged to remove distractions (e.g. phones, iPads, computer games, TV, etc.) for a short time each week, and gather together to talk. The focus of conversation is guided by the new, family-friendly, double-sided A4 Wednesday Word resource.

The Wednesday Word contains
the coming Sunday Gospel along with quick, easy to
read, contemporary, ‘bite-sized Catholic material
which carries an imprimatur. It is simple to do and
has proved extremely effective in practice.

The primary school version of The Wednesday
Word seeks to encourage and enable even the busiest
of parents to enrich relationships with their children
and with each other, through spending a very special
Family Time together.
The Wednesday Word also aims to inspire and
enable parents and carers to think seriously about
God and the love that Jesus Christ and his Church
offers them.

The Family Time custom is discussion-based
and designed to be suitable for families with primary
school children of all ages. The suggested Family
Time theme (or ‘word’) for each week
is taken from the Gospel of the subsequent Sunday
or from the liturgical season. In this way it supports
the RE already provided by our schools, whilst harmonising
with the parish liturgy.

The Wednesday Word has been extensively
trialled and has proved to be extremely successful
in helping both churched and unchurched families feel
closer to God and foster a closer family unit. Please
see the many family testimonies on this website.

WHY
SEND THE WEDNESDAY WORD
THROUGH SCHOOL?

The
Wednesday Word is a powerful and effective way
to enhance the home, school and parish partnership.
This family friendly Gospel resource is offered to
families as a gift. There is no obligation for them
to use it. In this way the Word will be sent out,
and (as in the Parable of the Sower and the Seed)
some will respond to it immediately and some will
not. Yet the Word will be present in every home of
the families connected with our schools, and the opportunity is there.

Many parents choose a Catholic school for their
children because they know that the Catholic ethos
provides a firm foundation for life, and simply reading
The Wednesday Word will help them to learn
more about the life and faith around which our schools
are built. We have even found, during trialling, that many families of other faiths have found something of interest
in The Wednesday Word.

WHY
SEND IT OUT ON A WEDNESDAY?

We
suggest a particular day (Wednesday) for distribution
to help parents connect the name of the resource with
the day on which they receive it from school. Since
most of us are creatures of habit, nominating the
same day each week seeks to help families develop
a special, weekly time together.

Another reason for choosing Wednesday is because
it allows any school families who attend Mass sufficient
time to reflect on the Gospel which will be read in
church on the succeeding Sunday.

Moreover, Wednesday is the day which the Catholic
Church dedicates to St Joseph, who is the Patron Saint
of families. The Wednesday Word is also under
his patronage. Of course Wednesday is only a suggestion:
parents will know when it is the best time to use
the resource within their own families.

WILL
THIS BE ANOTHER BURDEN FOR
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION?

No. The impact on school administration is minimal.
The scheme can be entered into and implemented very
easily. The leaflets are supplied to schools each term.
They come wrapped in individual weeks, in chronological
order, ready to be distributed to pupils each week.

HOW
DO WE ORDER THE WEDNESDAY WORD?

To start sharing the Gospel with your families in this new way, simply send us your order to start within 7 days (or whenever you require). Going forward, The Wednesday Word will then be delivered to your school at the start of each half term

Further information about placing an order can be
found in the 'Ordering FAQs' section.

"Imagine
a sower going out to
sow. Some seeds
fell onrich soiland produced their crop,
some ahundredfold,
some sixty, some thirty."